Sentence example with the word 'peevishly'

peevishly

Definition adv. in a peevish manner

Last update: June 11, 2015


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"You won't lose Katerina Ivanovna, you may be sure, she'll come to you herself since she has run out," he added peevishly.'   [Please select]

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'Thank you,' said the Mayor, peevishly; 'but, on the whole, I prefer to be restored with peeled bananas.'   [Please select]

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"You have played your cards wrong, Lavinia," said her husband peevishly.   [Please select]

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They were crying peevishly and skimming close to the chimneys, not rising, as usual, to any height.   [Please select]

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"And meanwhile _I_ stand shivering in all my bare boughs," said the Beech peevishly.   [Please select]

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"Ye forget, grannie, ye forget we want help oursells," said Hobbie, somewhat peevishly.   [Please select]

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"I wish people would have the decency to keep quiet," he said to himself, peevishly.   [Please select]

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“I am as noble as she is,” he snapped peevishly, and I put him down at once as a very offensive beast.   [Please select]

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Keep it for your own needs; I'm harder than yourself, it's likely," he said, pushing my hand aside, and added almost peevishly, "but keep the smell of it from me.'   [Please select]

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